Pre-requisites

First Orion Branded Communications agreement
Access to First Orion Customer Portal
Vetted and Approved Business
Ability to originate phone calls from configured phone numbers in calling platform
Understanding of current calling platform and environment to integrate required API

Steps

The following steps detail the process of configuring a Call Authentication Program in the First Orion platform.

Step 1 - Login to First Orion Portal

Step 2 - Locate Business

Scroll down to the list of businesses
Search based on Business Name or Business ID
Click on the business

Step 3 - (Optional) Add Logo to Image Gallery (for new images)

If you are not using Call Authentication with Logo, skip to Step 4

Navigate to Image Gallery
Upload and SVG that adheres to the file restrictions.

Step 4 - Setup Program

Authenticated Inform

Navigate to the Business Unit level.
Click Manage in the top right.
Click Create Program.
Select the "Inform w/ Call Authentication" program type.
Name the program and select the call purpose.
Click into Display to add the text display and the program duration.
1. Note - skip the "Image" step to ensure the Program is not created as Inform with Logo
Click into Phone Numbers to add numbers for branding.
Click Launch.

Inform with Logo

Navigate to the Business Unit level
Click Manage in the top right
Click Create Program
Select the "Inform w/ Call Authentication" program type.
Name the program and select the call purpose.
Click into Display to add the text display and the program duration.
Click into Image and select the previously uploaded image.
Click into Phone Numbers to add numbers for branding.
Click Launch

Sentry

Navigate to the Business Unit level
Click Manage in the top right
Click Create Program
Select the Sentry program type.
Name the program and select the call purpose.
Click into Display. Set program duration then either toggle branding off (just shows phone number) or add the text display.
Click into Phone Numbers to add numbers for Sentry.

Step 5 - Generate API Keys

Navigate to the API Keys section on the left hand side.
Click Generate Key to generate the new key.
Copy and save or download the generated keys.

Step 6 - Integrate Call Authentication API

Verify being able to generate an access token.

curl --location --request POST 'https://api.firstorion.com/v1/auth' \
--header 'X-API-KEY: [API KEY FROM PORTAL]' \
--header 'X-SECRET-KEY: [SECRET KEY FROM PORTAL]' \
--header 'X-SERVICE: auth' \
--header 'accept: application/json'

Verify being able to make an Authenticated Call API push.

curl --location 'https://api.firstorion.com/exchange/v1/calls/push' \
--header 'authorization: Bearer [FROM GET TOKEN ENDPOINT]' \
--header 'content-type: application/json' \
--data '{
    "aNumber": "+18668561234",
    "bNumber": "+15019515678"
}'

Identify where in the platforms call flow this can live and integrate it.

Example Javascript below.

// Libraries
const axios = require('axios'); // Install with,  npm install axios

// Gets First Orion Auth Token
const getToken = async () => {
  
    try {
      const response = await axios.post(
        'https://api.firstorion.com/v1/auth',
        null,
        {
          headers: {
            'X-SERVICE':'auth',
            'X-API-KEY': 'your-api-key',
            'X-SECRET-KEY': 'your-secret-key',
            'Content-Type': 'application/json'
          }
        }
      );
      return response.data.token;
      
    } catch (error) {
      console.error('Error:', error);
      return {
        statusCode: error.response ? error.response.status : 500,
        body: JSON.stringify({ error: error.message })
      };
    }
}

// Create Call Authentication push to First Orion for Call Authentication
// Find out more at: https://developer.firstorion.com/firstorion-public/reference/callauthentication
const push_callauth = async (token) => {
    let data = JSON.stringify({
        "aNumber": '+15555555555',
        "bNumber": '+15554444444'
    });

    let config = {
        method: 'post',
        url: 'https://api.firstorion.com/exchange/v1/calls/push',
        headers: { 
            'Authorization': token, 
            'Content-Type': 'application/json'
        },
        data : data
    };

    axios.request(config)
    .then((response) => {
        console.log(JSON.stringify(response.data));
    })
    .catch((error) => {
        console.log(error);
    });
}

// Replace this Create Call function based on your platform
// Download the helper library from https://www.twilio.com/docs/node/install
// Set environment variables for your credentials
// Read more at http://twil.io/secure
const createCall = async () =>{
  const accountSid = "yourAccountSid";
  const authToken = "youAuthToken";
  const client = require("twilio")(accountSid, authToken);

  client.calls.create({
    url: "http://demo.twilio.com/docs/voice.xml",
    to: "+15555555555",
    from: "+15554444444",
  })
  .then(call => console.log(call.sid));
}


  
// Main function to invoke the Call Authentication push for Call Authentication.
const main = async () => {
    const token = await getToken();
    await push_callauth(token);
    await createCall();

}

main()

import json
import requests
import os
    
def get_token():
    url = "https://api.firstorion.com/v1/auth"
    
    headers = {
      'X-SERVICE': 'auth',
      'content-type': 'application/json',
      'X-API-KEY': 'your-api-key',
      'X-SECRET-KEY': 'your-secret-key'
    }
    
    response = requests.request("POST", url, headers=headers)
    data = response.json()
    return data['token']

    
def push_precall(token):
    url = "https://api.firstorion.com/exchange/v1/calls/push"
    
    payload = json.dumps({
      "aNumber": "+15555555555",
      "bNumber": "+15554444444"
    })
    headers = {
      'Authorization': token,
      'Content-Type': 'application/json'
    }
    
    response = requests.request("POST", url, headers=headers, data=payload)
    data = response.json()
    
    value = {
        'statusCode': response.status_code,
        'body': data['body']['message']
    }
    
    # Return JSON Object
    return json.loads(json.dumps(value))


# Replace this Create Call function based on your platform
# Download the helper library from https://www.twilio.com/docs/python/install
# Set environment variables for your credentials
# Read more at http://twil.io/secure
import os
from twilio.rest import Client
def createCall():

    account_sid = "your_account_sid"
    auth_token = "your_auth_token"
    client = Client(account_sid, auth_token)

    call = client.calls.create(
      url="http://demo.twilio.com/docs/voice.xml",
      to="+15555555555",
      from_="+15554444444"
    )

    print(call.sid)

# Makes the pre-call push.
token = get_token()
precall = push_precall(token)
# Log pre-call push
print("Pre-call Status: " +str(precall["statusCode"])) 
print("Pre-call Message: " +precall["body"])
createCall()

Quick Start - Call Authentication